Oprah Winfrey is reuniting with "Selma" writer-director Ava DuVernay for an original scripted drama that will air on Winfrey's OWN channel and feature the former talk-show host in a recurring role.
DuVernay will write, direct and executive...

The 2014-15 TV season was already shaping up to be a watershed year for diversity on the major networks, thanks to the success of ABC's "black-ish" and "How to Get Away With Murder." The most-watched new comedy and new drama of the...

It’s hard to say what coastal liberals think is funnier: the fact that Republican Sen. Joni Ernst’s thrifty mother tied bread bags over her little girl’s feet to protect her shoes on muddy days -- or the fact that Ernst comes from Iowa, where the...

Social media were ablaze Tuesday concerning the topic of skin color within the African American community, a conversation sparked by Monday's premiere of Bill Duke's "Light Girls" documentary on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
“Light...

In 2011, “Dark Girls,” a documentary by Bill Duke, stirred public conversation in the African American community about the negative experiences of dark-skinned women. The director and actor continues that discussion in a sequel documentary “Light...

The 11th of 13 children, B.K.S. Iyengar was lucky to survive a childhood marked by frequent bouts of malaria, typhoid and tuberculosis. "My head used to hang down, and I had to lift it with great effort," Iyengar wrote in "Light on...

Powerhouse producer Shonda Rhimes and ABC's hit new comedy "black-ish" scored big in major nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards, which honor the accomplishments of people of color in television, film and other cultural categories.
Rhimes...

OWN has found ratings riches with "The Haves and the Have Nots."
The network scored the highest premiere ratings in its history Tuesday night with the Season 2 launch of the soap opera.
Created by Tyler Perry and loosely based on his play of...

Lindsay Lohan ended her docu-series Sunday with a huge and personal revelation: The actress said she suffered a miscarriage while filming the OWN show.
The news came during a sometimes-tearful wrap-up interview edited into the end of the...

Nate Berkus has built a dream wedding of his own: The designer wed fiance Jeremiah Brent on Saturday in New York City.
The "American Dream Builders" host, interior designer and author wed Brent, also a designer and TV personality, at the New...

One of Hollywood's biggest landlords is setting the stage for another expansion as the historic heart of the film and broadcast business rises again.
Hudson Pacific Properties, the owner of two neighboring Sunset Boulevard studio lots with golden-era...

Lindsay Lohan has admitted that a leaked, handwritten list of people she'd had sex with — many of them famous — was part of her fifth step in AA when she was at the Betty Ford Center.
The actress, whose docu-series on OWN wraps up this Sunday...

Oxygen Media on Tuesday unveiled its 2014 programming slate in New York, which will include seven new reality series aimed at modern young women.
The new lineup will include two competition series. In "Nail'd It," hosted by Adrienne...

CNN unveiled a new prime-time schedule to advertisers Thursday that further moves the cable channel away from a reliance on hard news and political chat.
Most significantly, CNN is getting out of the talk show game in the 9 p.m. hour, a crucial time slot...

Most heads of a television network feel the duties and responsibilities of running such an enterprise can be all-consuming.
Oprah Winfrey, who is the chief executive of OWN, doesn't believe that.
With OWN on relatively steady footing after a shaky...

Dare we say it? Lindsay Lohan actually sounds put together in her latest interview with Ellen DeGeneres.
Knock on wood — maybe she's just a good actress — but the frequently wayward Lilo sounds pretty darned grounded during a chat that will air Monday on...

When Fox's "Sleepy Hollow" became a hit this season, critics and viewers were so bowled over by its crazy-great premise — Ichabod Crane as a colonial war hero! Back to fight the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse! — that another revolutionary...

Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network announced Wednesday an upcoming slate of projects featuring the likes of Toni Braxton, Octavia Spencer, Justin Timberlake and of course Oprah herself.
The network will make its first foray into the TV movie genre with...